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In his words, Dogpatch was "an average stone-age community nestled in a bleak valley, between two cheap and uninteresting hills somewhere." Early in the continuity, Capp referred to Dogpatch being in Kentucky, but he was careful afterward to keep its location generic, probably to avoid cancellations from Kentucky newspapers. He then referred to ...
In 1967, Al Capp licensed and had an interest in an 800-acre (3.2 km 2) $35 million theme park called Dogpatch USA in Marble Falls near Harrison, Arkansas, based on the comic strip's setting and featuring a trout farm, buggy and horseback rides, entertainment by characters from the Li'l Abner comic strip, and eventually amusement rides.
The origin of Capp's word "shmoo" has been the subject of linguistic consideration by scholars for decades.. It has been speculated by that shmoo was a thinly veiled phallic symbol, and that the name derives from Yiddish schmuck meaning ‘male genitalia’ or a ‘fool, contemptuous person’ (Arthur Asa Berger and Allan H. Orrick of Johns Hopkins).
Dogpatch Labs is a startup and innovation hub situated in the Silicon Docks area of Dublin. The company's headquarters are located in the CHQ building. Dogpatch Labs consists of over 500 members from 100+ startups. [1] [2] [3] Dogpatch Labs operates Ireland's national accelerator NDRC, with regional partner hubs RDI Hub, Republic of Work, and ...
Dogpatch USA was a theme park located in northwest Arkansas along State Highway 7 between the cities of Harrison and Jasper, an area known today as Marble Falls.It was based on the comic strip Li'l Abner, created by cartoonist Al Capp and set in a fictional village called Dogpatch.
"Kickapoo Joy Juice" was a fictional beverage coined in the American comic strip Li'l Abner. [7] Al Capp, the cartoonist, described the beverage as "a liquor of such stupefying potency that the hardiest citizens of Dogpatch, after the first burning sip, rose into the air, stiff as frozen codfish".
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This is a listing of fictional characters from anime and manga. Subcategories. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. ...